Men's Basketball Post-Game Notes - University of Richmond Athletics

Dec. 2, 2006

This was the first time second-year head coach Chris Mooney's tenure that the Spiders had lost when scoring 58 points or more. Richmond is now 13-1 when scoring 58 points or more.

Richmond scored over 70 points for the third time in five games this season. Last year the Spiders had scored over 70 points just twice.

The Spiders have had at least three players make a 3-pointer in each game this season. Four different Spiders connected on five 3-pointers vs. Marist.

This was only the fourth time in the 36 games that second-year head coach Chris Mooney has coached that the Spiders have allowed over 70 points and just the second time they yield over 80 points.

Marist scored just 29 points in the first 25 minutes of the game, but poured in 51 points in the final 20 minutes counting overtime.

The Spiders have shot over 40 percent from the field in five of six games this season after shooting 40.4 percent Saturday.

The Spiders dropped to 1-1 in overtime games this season and 2-1 in overtime games under second-year head coach Chris Mooney.

All nine players who saw action for the Spiders grabbed at least two rebounds and eight of them pulled down at least three rebounds. Red-shirt freshman Drew Crank and freshman David Gonzalvez had five apiece.

Richmond grabbed a season-high 37 rebounds, scored a season-high 36 points in the paint, had a season-high nine second-chance points and scored a season-high 25 points off the bench.

Richmond gave up a season-high 12 3-pointers, the most 3-pointers a Richmond team has allowed in a game since Dec. 30, 2005 when Arizona made 13 treys against the Spiders.

This was the first time this season that the Spiders made less 3-pointers than their opponent.

Red-shirt freshman Ryan Butler tied a career high with 16 points and garbbed a career-high eight rebounds in a career-high 38 minutes of action. Butler has reaced double figures in four of six games this season.

Freshman Dan Geriot scored 18 points, his fifth time scoring in double-figures in six games and the fourth time he has scored 18 points or more.

Senior Peter Thomas scored 10 points for his fourth time in double-figures in six games this season.

Freshman walk-on Kevin Hovde scored a career-high eight points, making 3-of-4 field goals and grabbing three rebounds in 15 minutes of action. Hovde has scored in the last four games and is averaging 4.7 points per game in the last three outings.

Junior Drew Crank scored a season-high six points and grabbed five rebounds in 16 minutes of action.

This was Marist's first victory in four tries against the Spiders.

After using just two different starting lineups last season, head coach David Brewster, who had started the first five games of the season. Giddings started the first 14 games of last season before missing the rest of the year due to injury.

Freshman David Gonzalvez has grabbed five rebounds in four of Richmond's six games. He has scored at least five points in the last four games after scoring seven on Saturday.

Freshman Dan Geriot made a 3-pointer for the third-straight game. He has made a 3-pointer in five of Richmond's six games.

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